Former CEO of KATH opens up about his life: "I'm a product of sidechickism"

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Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah has disclosed that helium was calved retired of wedlock, with his parent being the mistress of a joined man
He recounted however his parent struggled unsocial to rise him, adjacent selling her apparel and jewellery to survive
Despite the rocky beginnings, Prof Addai-Mensah holds nary grudge against his begetter and present appreciates the hard prime helium faced

The contiguous past Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah, has opened up astir his life.

While sharing the communicative of his commencement successful an interrogation with Bright Kankam Boadi connected the BKB Show, Prof Addai-Mensah stated that helium was a arrogant merchandise of a broadside chick.

Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah. Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, President Mahama, broadside chick, KATH CEO.

He said his parent gave commencement to him astatine the property of 21 to a joined antheral who, aft impregnating her, gave her money to abort the pregnancy.

However, aft taking the money, his parent decided to support the pregnancy, which led to his commencement galore years ago.

"I don't gag with broadside chicks, I would not person been calved if broadside chicks were not successful the world. My parent was 21 erstwhile she gave commencement to me. She was a pupil astatine Poly (Kumasi Technical University), and she was a broadside chick who got large for a joined man," helium said."They had 4 abortions. I was the fifth, and my begetter wanted maine out. So, helium gave her money—GH¢2.00 astatine the time—to bash it," helium added.

He explained that aft his dada aboriginal discovered the deed had not been carried out, helium told his parent to usage the GH¢2.00 helium gave her to cater for herself and the unborn baby.

According to him, his parent struggled to rise him, moving arsenic a unit subordinate astatine SSNIT and adjacent selling disconnected immoderate of her apparel and jewellery to rise money.

"It was pugnacious increasing up, due to the fact that determination were times erstwhile you could archer that this is your begetter sorting radical out, but helium refused to assistance you," helium said.

In an excerpt of the interrogation sighted by YEN.com.gh, Prof Addai-Mensah said helium did not clasp immoderate grudges against his begetter contempt not being wanted initially.

He stated that helium had grown to admit the difficulties his begetter recovered himself successful astatine the clip of his birth.

"I don't blasted my dada truthful overmuch connected that score, fundamentally due to the fact that I was aboriginal to cognize that his woman was besides pregnant. And so, faced with a choice, I don’t cognize what Bright (host of the BKB Show) would choose, but that is the determination helium took."

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President Mahama Sacks KATH CEO

Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah was relieved of his duties arsenic the CEO of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

This follows a gathering with the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh.

Following his dismissal from office, President Mahama appointed Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, an orthopaedic surgeon, arsenic the caller CEO of the referral infirmary successful the Ashanti Region.